Author Ty Drago - www.tydrago.com
Illustrator Victor Stabin - http://www.victorstabin.com
Thank you to the Educational Foundation for Innovation for sponsoring!
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Literacy Week - February 24-28
Author Ty Drago - www.tydrago.com
Illustrator Victor Stabin - http://www.victorstabin.com
Friday, February 14, 2014
Mr. Snow Mr. Men and Little Miss by Roger Hargreaves
Lots of snow has put Santa in a bind. Who better to help him out than Mr. Snow?A video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4OAVo_9hrw
Saturday, February 8, 2014
20 Of The Best Children’s Books Of 2013 . . . check them out . . .
From picture books to nonfiction to young adult thrillers, there is a Best of 2013 children’s book for readers of every age.
PICTURE BOOKS
1. Battle Bunny by Jon Scieszka and Mac Barnett, illustrated by Matthew Myers
2. Mr. Tiger Goes Wild by Peter Brown
3. Journey by Aaron Becker
4. Lifetime: The Amazing Numbers in Animals’ Lives by Lola M. Schaefer, illustrated by Christopher Silas Neal
5. The Story of Fish & Snail by Deborah Freedman
MIDDLE-GRADE FICTION
6. The Real Boy by Anne Ursu
7. Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan
8. Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin by Liesl Shurtliff
9. Doll Bones by Holly Black
10. The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp by Kathi Appelt
11. The Center of Everything by Linda Urban
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
12. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
13. Far Far Away by Tom McNeal
14. Scowler by Daniel Kraus
15. Winger by Andrew Smith
NONFICTION
16. The Animal Book: A Collection of the Fastest, Fiercest, Toughest, Cleverest, Shyest — and Most Surprising — Animals on Earth by Steve Jenkins
17. Courage Has No Color, The True Story of the Triple Nickles: America’s First Black Paratroopers by Tanya Lee Stone
GRAPHIC NOVELS
18. Squish 5: Game On! by Jennifer L. and Matt Holm
19. Star Wars: Jedi Academy by Jeffrey Brown
20. Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales: Donner Dinner Party by Nathan Hale
Saturday, February 1, 2014
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Newbury Award Winner -
Ivan is an easygoing gorilla. Living at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade, he has grown accustomed to humans watching him through the glass walls of his domain. He rarely misses his life in the jungle. In fact, he hardly ever thinks about it at all.
Instead, Ivan thinks about TV shows he's seen and about his friends Stella, an elderly elephant, and Bob, a stray dog. But mostly Ivan thinks about art and how to capture the taste of a mango or the sound of leaves with color and a well-placed line.
Then he meets Ruby, a baby elephant taken from her family, and she makes Ivan see their home—and his own art—through new eyes. When Ruby arrives, change comes with her, and it's up to Ivan to make it a change for the better.
Visit the author's website here - http://theoneandonlyivan.com/book/
Ivan is an easygoing gorilla. Living at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade, he has grown accustomed to humans watching him through the glass walls of his domain. He rarely misses his life in the jungle. In fact, he hardly ever thinks about it at all.
Instead, Ivan thinks about TV shows he's seen and about his friends Stella, an elderly elephant, and Bob, a stray dog. But mostly Ivan thinks about art and how to capture the taste of a mango or the sound of leaves with color and a well-placed line.
Then he meets Ruby, a baby elephant taken from her family, and she makes Ivan see their home—and his own art—through new eyes. When Ruby arrives, change comes with her, and it's up to Ivan to make it a change for the better.
Visit the author's website here - http://theoneandonlyivan.com/book/
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